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Charity: Where duty lies
Matthew Mills considers when members of charitable companies will be subject to fiduciary duties in light of the recent Supreme Court decision in Lehtimäki v Cooper Members of charitable companies may be concerned that Lehtimäki encourages the ‘losing side’ in a members’ vote to challenge the actions of the ‘winning side’. However, one recent authority …
Cases Referenced
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- F&C Alternative Investments (Holdings) Ltd v Barthelemy & anor [2011] EWHC 1731 (Ch)
- Lehtimäki & ors v Cooper [2020] UKSC 33; [2020] WTLR 967 SC
- Liverpool and District Hospital for Diseases of the Heart v AG [1981] Ch 193
- Marwaha v Singh & ors [2013] EWCA Civ 1878
- Mothew (t/a Stapley & Co) v Bristol & West Building Society [1996] EWCA Civ 533
- Re Hampton Fuel Allotment Charity [1989] Ch 484
- Re Smith and Fawcett Ltd [1942] Ch 304
- Re The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, St Mary of Debre Tsion [2020] EWHC 1493 (Ch)
- Re the French Protestant Hospital [1951] Ch 567
- RSPCA v Attorney General & ors [2001] EWHC 474 (Ch)
- Scott v National Trust [1998] 2 All ER 705
- The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation UK v Attorney General & ors [2017] EWHC 1379 (Ch)